Learning Tree

I have been an IT developer for 3 years now and have had the pleasure of attending many courses at various centres. I attended a 5 day SQL 2000 course at Learning Tree a few months back and have since had the opportunity to compare it to several other providers. Firstly, the courses ain't cheap. I know the training centre is next to Euston Station and they have an on site canteen but I'm not sure this justified the extra 20% they seem to charge for similar courses. If you are paying for this yourself you may want to consider QA (also in London). They also do not cram as much into the time as some others. This can be good and bad - it gives you more ...

Recently, Learning Tree came to the company I work at to teach a group of 9 of us about C. It was a three day course, for which we prepared the room, provided the equipment etc etc. Prior to the tutor arriving we were informed that the course was for intermediate level students and yet when the tutor introduced the course we were told it was for beginners. Now, this is simply not good enough as we were sold a product (at a considerable cost I might add – I don’t know how much as I am a mere employee, not part of a finance/management department, but rumour had it that it was costing £3000) that was not as described! This aside, we went through the ...

I am a software developer. In the course of work, I have attended and arranged training for various users and developers. The training has ranged from basic computer training to using Word through to MCSE/MCSD type qualifications. Learning Tree is one of the biggest training centres around, so the odds of my eventually ending up there to sample their courses were very high. My department had sent its developers there for a couple of years. Then I joined the department, and we soon stopped using them. This is why. Learning Tree is a huge setup with offices all over the world, including America and Japan. Its range of courses is truly ...